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+ | == Howto downgrade a yum-installed package == | ||
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+ | Lookup the exact version number - maybe in /var/log/yum.log* | ||
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+ | Login as root or sudo: (here nx-3.4.0-4.el5.centos.i386 is downgraded to nx-3.3.0-14.el5.centos.i386) | ||
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+ | <source lang="bash"> | ||
+ | yum downgrade nx-3.3.0-14.el5.centos.i386 | ||
+ | </source> | ||
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+ | To prevent automatic upgrade when yum in run by cron add this to the yum.conf in /etc: | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | exclude=nx* | ||
+ | </code> |
Revision as of 16:44, 6 July 2010
Assorted hints, that makes the life easier in the daily life with Linux. Most of the hints are noted here in order to remember the exact syntax of the construct.
Contents
Create a file remotely
If you need to let output from one command locally be the input to a file on a remote system issue this command:
<local command>|ssh <remote username>@<remote host> "cat > <remotefilename>"
an example:
xmodmap -pke|ssh -p 2222 klausk@bren.hih.au.dk "cat > .Xmodmap"
the output (on stdout) will be sent to bren using klausk's login and send the result into the file .Xmodmap
Comparing two files
In general comparing two files can be done like this:
diff <firstfile> <secondfile>
or using vim
vim -d <firstfile> <secondfile>
To compare two files of which one resides on another system issue this command:
vim -d <firstfile> scp://<remote-system>//<path-to-file>/<secondfile>
To compare two files both resident on different systems issue this command:
vim -d scp://<first-remote-system>//<path-to-file>/<firstfile> scp://<second_remote-system>//<path-to-file>/<secondfile>
where <remote-system> is either the IP address or its hostname including domain as in bren.hih.au.dk - if using a different username than the one you're logged in with on current system use <username>@<remote-system>
Using ssh extensively
Thanx to this page it is easy to collect useful examples of extensive usage of ssh.
Here are examples of copying from local to remote and the other way around.
PUSH:
tar cvf - . | gzip -c -1 | ssh user@host cat ">" remotefile.gz ssh target_address cat <localfile ">" remotefile ssh target_address cat <localfile - ">" remotefile cat localfile | ssh target_address cat ">" remotefile cat localfile | ssh target_address cat - ">" remotefile dd if=localfile | ssh target_address dd of=remotefile ssh target_address cat <localfile "|" dd of=remotefile ssh target_address cat - <localfile "|" dd of=remotefile ( cd SOURCEDIR && tar cf - . ) | ssh target_address "(cd DESTDIR && tar xvpf - )" ( cd SOURCEDIR && tar cvf - . ) | ssh target_address "(cd DESTDIR && cat - > remotefile.tar )" ( cd SOURCEDIR && tar czvf - . ) | ssh target_address "(cd DESTDIR && cat - > remotefile.tgz )" ( cd SOURCEDIR && tar cvf - . | gzip -1 -) | ssh target_address "(cd DESTDIR && cat - > remotefile.tgz )" ssh target_address "( nc -l -p 9210 > remotefile & )" && cat source-file | gzip -1 - | nc target_address 9210 cat localfile | gzip -1 - | ssh target_address cat ">" remotefile.gz
PULL:
ssh target_address cat remotefile > localfile ssh target_address dd if=remotefile | dd of=localfile ssh target_address cat "<" remotefile >localfile ssh target_address cat "<" remotefile.gz | gunzip >localfile
COMPARE:
###This one uses CPU cycles on the remote server to compare the files: ssh target_address cat remotefile | diff - localfile cat localfile | ssh target_address diff - remotefile ###This one uses CPU cycles on the local server to compare the files: ssh target_address cat <localfile "|" diff - remotefile
Push: Push local file to remote server.
Pull: Pull remote file from remote server to local machine.
NX
After updating the free-nx server it might be necessary to run
nxsetup --install
to reinstall the configuration.
Howto downgrade a yum-installed package
Lookup the exact version number - maybe in /var/log/yum.log*
Login as root or sudo: (here nx-3.4.0-4.el5.centos.i386 is downgraded to nx-3.3.0-14.el5.centos.i386)
yum downgrade nx-3.3.0-14.el5.centos.i386
To prevent automatic upgrade when yum in run by cron add this to the yum.conf in /etc:
exclude=nx*